Ant Hill Metal Art Work

The revealing works of art are created by the pouring the molten liquid to fill the tunnels and chambers of the ant nests wiping out all of the insects inside.

Ant hill metal art work.

Once the metal re hardens the sculpture is excavated and blasted using water to remove dirt and impurities. Did you scroll all this way to get facts about anthill art. Ant hill art is a growing collecting hobby. Shop for anthill art from the world s greatest living artists.

Of ants and aluminum. Other ants anthills were used but they can t compare with the size and volume of the fire ants colonies. This process captures the extreme detail of the tunnel and chamber structure of the colonies. Before they are dug up it s brushed down and then mounted on a wooden base.

In some cases this involves a great deal of digging. The world of ant hill art one of the weirder art that gained some attention after the 2000 s was anthill art which are metal casts of wild ant colonies usually of fire ants. Aluminum castings of ant colonies of fire ants carpenter ants and others by anthill art. Choose your favorite anthill designs and purchase them as wall art home decor phone cases tote bags and more.

The most popular color. It involves pouring molten metal typically non toxic zinc or aluminum plaster or cement down an ant colony mound acting as a mold and upon hardening one excavates the resulting structure. Well you re in luck because here they come. The most common anthill art material is metal.

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